On 20/06/2015 08:42 μμ, voger wrote: > I am reading the documentation and I see examples but I can't understand > how ComboBox and SelectBox work. How adding items and data binding > between the model and the widget works? What is the purpose of > controller? I am not asking for technical details. Just practical workflow. > > I have this example http://tinyurl.com/o4qt722 and this > http://tinyurl.com/qypqe3v I can't make them work > I am trying to adjust from this example http://tinyurl.com/nceka5a > > What I have done is that I have sub classed the ComboBox so on > appearance (couldn't make the event work in DemoBrowser) it connects via > RPC and get's a list of countries. Then it creates a model to populate > the ComboBox. > > What I want to do is in the list to be displayed the name but in the > model to be set selected the code2. Very common requirement, plenty > examples on the list but unfortunately I can't make it work. > > Also I would like to have a reference to the controller so I won't have > to initialize a controller etc. every time I need this class. I wan't it > to be as autonomous as possible. > > > I have no idea what > > newVal.setDelegate({ > bindItem: function(newVal, item, id) { > newVal.bindProperty("name", "label", null, item, id); > newVal.bindProperty("code2", "model", null, item, id); > } > > is doing. I have read the docs but still can't understand how it works. > > Also I get this error in the logs > > "1654876 playground.Application[18-0]: GlobalError: > this.getTarget(...).add is not a function" > > Can someone please help me make it work. And if it is possible to > explain with simple words how databinding between the model properties > is supposed to work? > > Is there any simpler way to achieve what I want? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > qooxdoo-devel mailing list > qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel >
The more I keep trying the more I realize that SelectBox API is different than VirtualSelectBox API which in turn is different than VirtualComboBox API. So I guess when I use the Virtual widgets I don't need a controller? Can someone please provide a modified example of this http://tinyurl.com/nceka5a for VirtualComboBox? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list qooxdoo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
